On June 10, 1748, Governor Samuel Ogle signed the law separating Frederick County from Prince George's County. The effective date was December 10, 1748. The new county included present day Montgomery, Washington, Allegheny and Garret counties as well as Frederick County. On June 10, 1762, The Maryland Gazette reported that Richard "Dew" Crosby was hanged on May 26 for the murder of Uriah Mort on April 13, as Mr. Mort and his son traveled to Frederick Towne from Virginia. Crosby's nickname has also been reported as "Deck." On June 10, 1872, Ephriam Jeems and Henry Garrison engaged in a fight on a horse drawn cart as it traveled down Market Street from 7th Street to the Square Corner in Frederick. Police arrested both men and Garrison was later fined $10. On June 10, 1982, Arthur Hart Etchison, who operated M. R. Etchison and Son Funeral Home with his father McKendree Riley Etchison until his father's death on May 3, 1952, and then alone until August 2, 1971, died. He lived at 17 West Second Street. He was born April 4, 1899. On June 10, 1991, the owners of The Valley Register, which had been published in Middletown for 146 years, announced they were ceasing publication. On June 10, 2003, The Roger Brooke Taney house on South Bentz Street in Frederick was given to the Historical Society of Frederick County by the Francis Scott Key Memorial Foundation, Inc. If anyone can add information to these History Moments, or would like to suggest an item for another calendar day, please contact me privately. John W. Ashbury [email protected]